Cover-support



A. F. ZEGA.

COVER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 27. 1920.

Patented 001:. 25, 1921.

I VENTOR I ATTORNEY v PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY F. ZEGA, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

COVER-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters .?atent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

Application filed October 27, 1920. Serial No. 419,818.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY F. ZEGA, a citizen of Russian Poland, and a resident of Bloomfield, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cover-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a support to be used for holding covers in'raised position, and is particularly adapted for phonographs, trunks, refrigerators and like cases, and is designed to provide a device of this kind which utilizes a rod with a stud on the lower end of it, which rod slides in a fixture arranged in the body of the article to which the cover is attached, and is designed toprovide one that is not easily broken, since there are but few parts that are movable, and the movement of the lid upward to a predetermined point places the support in locking position when the lid descends a short distance, and when it is desired to close the lid it is raised slightly and then lowered to its closed position, this slight raising releasing the stud from its locked or supported position.

The device provides a lock-that has but few joints in it, the bracket portion being made of parts that are adapted to be secured by rivets, and no soldering or other easily separable joints are used, the bracket portion of the support being made of one piece of sheet metal.

The invention further consists of a device of this kind which can be easily adapted for dilferent formations of lids, so that the rod on which the lid is supported when it is open is not strained or twisted in attachment to the lid.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a support made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof with part of the bar broken away, and Fig. 3 is a top view of the bracket.

That part of the support that is fastened to the lid comprises a bar 10 which is usually made flat so that'it can slide through a narrow slot, which permits the use of a narrow bracket, and is provided with a stud 11 near the bottom end and it is attached pivotally to the lid, the formshown comprising apin 12 which is a pivot on which the bar can swing relative to a clip 13, which clip in turn,

is provided with an eye 14, which, with the ears 15 of the fastening plate 16, constitutes a hinge, the pintle of which is a rivet or pin 17.

The axis of the hinge is at right angles to the axis of the pivot 12, so that when the device is fastened to a lid it can be fastened to one that is flat on the bottom or one that has inclined edges, this being a desirable feature because some lids are inclined or sloping at their edges, particularly in phonographs, and a side near the edge is the place where this device is attached to the lid. It is, therefore, a marked improvement in this form of device to have such easily attachable fastening means on the top end of the rod.

Secured to the body of the receptacle, such as a phonograph case which has a flat platform on the top, is a bracket which comprises a top plate 18 which is secured to the case by'screws passed through the holes 19, his plate being integral with a channeled portion which is formed by bending down the wall 20 to form the side of the channeled portion 21, and then bent so as to form the bottom 22 of such channeled portion, and then extends downward to form the depend ing plate 23. The depending plate has a recess 24 which has an inclined rear edge 25 and at the top has a depending nose 26. A hearing plate 27 is secured, in any suitable way,,such as by means of the rivets 28, to the side of the depending plate 23 and is bent to form a channeled portion 29, which channeled portion is substantially parallel with and adjacent to the inclined edge 25 of the recess. The metal of the bearing plate is then bent upward to form a wing 29 which has a recess 30 at its top edge.

The parts are so disposed that the spaces between the wing 29 and its recess 30 and the nose 26 of the recess 24 act substantially as a passage or slot through which the stud 11 can be passed, this being also true of the channeled portion 29 of the bearing plate 27.

A pawl 31 is fastened to the wing and is pivoted as at 82, and in such position that it falls by gravity so that the free end of the pawl rests on the bottom part of the rear inclined edge 25 of the recess 24.

lVhen the parts are assembled and the lid is shut, the rod hangs down as shown in Fig. 2. .Vhen the lid is raised it swings on the hinges of the lid, which are not shown, and we will assume, for the purpose of clear description, that the lid is hinged to the right of the drawing and the top part of the bar 10 is swung upward to the right.

This movement is noiseless because 1 provide a bumper 33 which is provided by passing a small piece of rubber or similar tubing over a lip 34, which is preferably bent up from and integral with the depending plate 23. As the stud rises it contacts with the gages the upper edge of the recess 2d in rear of the nose 26, and then when the lid is low ered the stud passes down through the channeled part 29, lifts the pawl 31 and passes from the bracket and again assumes the position shown in Fig. 2.

The movement of the parts is without appreciable noise, and after the lid is opened and it is desired to shut it, the extent of motion of the lid preparatory to the unlocking of the support is slight.

If, for some reason, it is desired to remove the bar 10 from the bracket it can be easily accomplished, since the depending plate 23 and the bottom wall of the channeled portion 21 have their front edges in rear of the front end 37 of the slot 38, which slot is in the top plate 18 and is the slot through which the bar 10 passes when it is raised and lowered. This disposition of the parts permits the stud 11 to be passed in front of the front edge 39 of the depending plate 23 so that it can pass into the channeled part 21, and from there can be removed entirely from the bracket through the opening 40, which is arranged adjacent to and opens into the slot 38 of the top plate.

It will be evident that slight changes can be made in the construction of the parts without departing from the scope of my invention.

I claim:

1. A cover support comprising a bar with a stud on the lower end thereof, a bracket having a dependent plate, the plate having a recess with an inclined rear edge and a central downwardly projecting nose, a bearing plate secured to said plate and formed into a channeled part adjacent to said rear edge of the recess and then extending upwardly to form a Wing substantially in line with the plate and recessed on its top edge to receive the stud, and a pawl pivoted to said Wing with its end resting by gravity on the bottom part of the rear edge of the recess.

2. A cover support comprising a bar with a stud on-the lower end thereof, a bracket including a top plate having a slot for tl e sliding of the bar, a channeled part under said top plate, the top plate having an opening to permit the passage of the stud, the bracket extending from the bottom of the channel to form a dependent plate, studsupporting means on the plate, the plate having its front edge in rear of the front edge of the slot so that the bar can swing to permit the stud to be passed over the plate, then along the channeled part and then through the opening and thus withdrawn.

3. In a cover support, a bracket comprising a main member formed of one piece of sheet metal including a top' plate bent to provide the side wall and the bottom of a channeled part, the top plate having a slot, a transverse opening at the side of the slot, the member also forming adependent plate at the edge of the channeled part, the plate having a recess, the rear edge of the recess being inclined, the top of the recess having a downwardly projecting nose, a bearing plate secured to the dependent plate and having a channeled part adjacent to the rear edge of the recess and forming a-wing above said channeled part, a pawl pivoted on the wing, the pawl having its free end resting by gravity on the bottom end of said inclined edge, the wing having a recess .under the nose of the dependent plate, the outer edge of, the wing forming a substantially continuous guiding surface leading to the space between the nose and the recess in the wing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my'hand, this 11th day of August, 1920. r 7

i ANTHONY F. ZEGA. 

